Helping businesses and individuals successfully resolve disputes.No one wants a lawsuit. No one “wins” a lawsuit. Generally, lawsuits cut down the losses resulting from bad events — a car crash, a dispute of an estate, a dishonored contract.I am a trial lawyer. My role is to get my client the least painful result at the lowest cost.When legal disputes disrupt your business or personal life, I can help you in all types of general civil litigation in state and federal courts, including:

Business litigation

Breach of contract

Property damage

Personal injury claims

Insurance claims

Construction litigation

Consumer litigation

Products liability

Product defects

Torts

Helping you when you are in really serious trouble.

No one expects to be charged with a crime. Yet, the number of federal and state laws establishing new crimes has mushroomed over the past 25 years. Simply being in the wrong place at the wrong time can make anyone a potential defendant. Familiar examples are: driving while intoxicated; driving just a bit too fast with a resulting crash and serious injury to someone; accusations of sexual assault; child pornography, where the defendant honestly believes there are no children in the pictures;a domestic argument that gets out of hand; a little puffing of a loan application which suddenly becomes bank fraud. The examples are really endless.

The best criminal defense is the one asserted before there is a formal charge. Delay in dealing with a potential charge is often fatal.

If you have been charged with a crime in Rhode Island, if you know you are under investigation, or if you have received a “target letter” from a prosecutor’s office, you need an experienced criminal defense attorney on your side. For more than 45 years, I have been fighting to defend the rights of my clients. I have built my reputation on getting results. I am intimately familiar with all facets of both the federal and the Rhode Island criminal justice systems, and I have the knowledge and skill to make sure you understand your legal options and to guide you through the legal process.

I have successfully appealed criminal convictions. I have represented clients in state and federal courts on charges ranging from minor offenses to serious felonies, including:

Traffic violations

Assault and battery

DWI/DUI/OWI

Possession of drugs

Theft and larceny

Burglary

Robbery

Arson

Rape

Homicide — murder/manslaughter

Domestic violence

White collar crime

And more

When you have charges on your record that you want eliminated, I can help you get those charges sealed or expunged, or represent you in appellate court.